Bottle-cleaner



(No Model.)

W. O. BALDWIN.

BOTTLE 0LEANBR.

Eaten ted Sept. 12

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C(BALDWIN, OF SALISBURY, CONNECTICUT.

BOTTLE-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,123, datedSeptember 12, 1882.

Application filed July 11, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. BALDWIN, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Salisbury, in thecounty of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Bottle- Cleaners; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

My invention relates to a device for clean inghollow ware, such asbottles, glass fruitjars, or metal cans, and other similar recep= tacleswhich have necks too small to admit of ordinary cleaning devices; and itconsists in certain features, hereinafter described, and specificallyset forth in the claim.

Figure I is a perspective of my invention. Fig. II is a sectional view.

Like letters refer to like parts in both figures.

A represents a shalt, which maybe of wood or metal, and may be adapted,as at a, for attachmentto mechanism for operating the same, ashereinafter described. The shaft A is perforated, as clearly shown at a,in this instance the perforations running at right angles to each other.Through the perforations are drawn chains B, one or more of the links ofwhich at or near its ends being filled with lead, as clearly shown. Tothe bottom of the shaft is secured in any convenient manner a brush, 0,consisting of bristles or wire or other suitable substance. It willreadily be seen that the chains, being flexible, can be introduced intothe bottle to be cleaned along with the shaft, and that when rotated byhand or niachinery, as desired, the centrifugal forces will throw thechains outward and against the illner walls of the vessel to be cleaned,so that all portions thereof will be wiped by the chains, while thebristles C will cleanse the bottom of the vessel, insuring contacttherewith at such places as the lower-chains will not likely touch, butwhich in actual operation, when revolved slowly, will cover the entirebottom of the vessel during their rotation.

Having described myinvention, whatIclaim as new, and desire to secure byLetters latcut, is

A cleaner for hollow ware, consisting of a central shaft perforatedthrough and through, and chains drawn through'the perforations, andhavingtheironter links filled, as described, and a brush or wiressecured to the end of the shaft, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C. BALDWIN. Witnesses:

DWIGHT E. DEAN, A. O. RANDALL.

